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Right, plenty of early calendar systems formed the basis of early astronomy. It's fair to call that science. But calling mythological creation stories science
by Manuel_D 5y ago
Right, plenty of early calendar systems formed the basis of early astronomy. It's fair to call that science.
But calling mythological creation stories science is not. Rangi and Papa are no more scientific than Cronus and Gaia. It's literally teaching creationism, just a different creation story than the Judeo-Christian one.
- zozbot234 5y agoEarly astronomy was indistinguishable from astrology. Is that "science" too?
- Manuel_D 5y agoThe astronomical parts of that, yes. Say some historical scholar plotted the movements of the planets and concluded that people born under a certain constellation share a characteristic because of a supernatural aspect of the planet. The former - the tracking of celestial objects - is science, the latter part rooted in superstition is not.